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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 188.89 Cr
Over 2.86 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 18,684
3,688 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.74%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.66%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 188.89 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,32,98,421 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 2.86 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10405116
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2nd Dose
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10016505
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Precaution Dose
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4794775
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18415710
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2nd Dose
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17539302
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Precaution Dose
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7591757
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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28698710
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2nd Dose
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6599218
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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58425991
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2nd Dose
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42240428
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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555713572
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2nd Dose
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478122094
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Precaution Dose
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148084
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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202918252
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2nd Dose
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187948708
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Precaution Dose
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519876
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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126863987
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2nd Dose
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117097204
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Precaution Dose
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14931646
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Precaution Dose
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27986138
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Total
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1888990935
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 18,684. Active cases now constitute 0.04% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.74%. 2,755 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,25,33,377.
3,688 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,96,640 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 83.74 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.66% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.74%.
Ministry of Defence
Naval Commanders’ Conference Concludes
The first edition of this years’ bi-annual Naval Commanders’ Conference which commenced on 23 Apr 19, concluded on 25 Apr 19 after three days of fruitful deliberations.
The Hon’ble RM addressed Naval Commanders on 23 Apr 19 and complimented the Indian Navy for maintaining a high operational tempo and its ability to not only safeguard India’s interest in the maritime domain but also coerce an adversary into submission as was evident during the recent standoff. She appreciated Navy’s efforts in the area of indigenisation, self-reliance and support to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government. She expressed happiness at the numerous initiatives taken to achieve ‘Digital Navy’ vision in line with the Government’s ‘Digital India Programme’.
During the interaction, the Hon’ble RM reviewed the combat readiness, pace of modernisation and progress of various acquisition and infrastructure related cases. While praising the Indian Navy’s foreign cooperation efforts to support the Navies in the region, she urged the Naval Commanders to optimally utilise available resources to build a strong Navy that is ready and vigilant to counter any challenge that may emerge in the maritime domain.
Chairing the conference, the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba addressed the Commanders on various important issues pertaining to operational readiness, capability enhancement, maintenance, op logistics, infrastructure development and human resource management.
‘Functional Reorganisation of Indian Navy towards improving Operational efficiency’ and ‘Optimal Manning’ formed the core of discussions towards finalising the long term road map of the Navy. In keeping with the Navy’s ethos of harnessing niche technologies, concrete plans to incorporate ‘Big Data Analytics’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence’ for solutions in the domains of naval combat, convergence of networks/ information, logistics, administration and equipment health monitoring for sustained operation were also discussed.
The Indian Navy’s sustained prominence as the first responder for HADR and its role as the Net Security Provider in the IOR were reviewed by the Commanders. The Navy’s partnering with many Friendly Foreign Countries for developing comprehensive Maritime Domain Awareness, undertaking concrete steps such as 10th IONS anniversary celebrations at Kochi, concluding numerous defence cooperation agreements related to logistics, training and operations, which are a testimony to its primacy in the sphere of defence diplomacy in the wider Indo Pacific region and beyond were also reviewed during the conference.
The next edition of Naval Commanders’ Conference is scheduled in Oct/ Nov later this year.
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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs undertakes Special Campaign 2.0 to institutionalize ‘Swachhta’ as an integral part of our life
The Government of India has announced Special Campaign 2.0 by identification of pending issues as preparatory phase from 14th to 30th September, 2022 in which clear targets were set for the Campaign period. This year targets mainly focus to the field offices of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. During identification, key focus areas were to remove pendency and to promote cleanliness for better record management, efficiency improvement, enhance transparency.
During the implementation phase of campaign , 53 out of 72 MP references, 4 out of 14 Parliamentary Assurances, 214 out of 335 Public Grievances and 87 out of 94 Public Grievance Appeals have been disposed of, while 13526 physical files were weeded out so far. Total 66 Outdoor Cleanliness Campaigns have been carried out. Total ₹ 44860.00 revenue generated by way of disposing of the obsolete items at various offices and about 2236 Square ft area space freed after disposals of scraps/records weeded. During this campaign, offices responsible for public interface and service delivery are being given priority.
The Ministry has been regularly publicizing its activities on the social media. During the campaign, 80 tweets were published, 80 facebook posts, 80 instagram messages and 5 youtube videos were uploaded to acknowledge the work of this Ministry.
Joint Secretary took a round of the Ministry premises at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi on daily basis to inspect overall cleanliness and review the progress made in the course of implementation of Special Campaign 2.0 in the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs and after directions, minor repair work has been undertaken by CPWD.
As a part of the special campaign, the Ministry had facilitated the tie-up of various offices across the country with Self Help Groups  in different States / Union Territories. Under the arrangement, the SHGs are offered space for kiosk in respective offices where they can collect various office wastes for recycling. This is intended to promote ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’  as a part of Swachhta Campaign. Total 187 kiosks were installed.
Daily progress is being monitored by a dedicated Team and uploaded on the SCPDM portal hosted by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri Basavaraj Bommai calls on Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed general administrative issues related to State
CM Bommai presents booklet highlighting achievements of his government in the last six months and the future impact
Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri Basavaraj Bommai today called on Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed general administrative issues.
Shri Bommai also urged the DoPT Minister Dr Jitendra Singh for posting of All India Service Officers in the State especially the IAS officers for effective implementation of welfare-oriented flagship schemes.
Referring to the CPGRAMS, the Karnataka Chief Minister informed that besides grievances being resolved promptly, grievances under COVID 19 category is also continuing and taken up on high priority and resolved maximum within 3 days.
Dr Jitendra Singh flagged the issue of ‘Replication of Good Governance Practices’ in the States and underlined that Citizen Centric Administration is at the Heart of Modi government’s Governance Model. He said, the changes in Government of India towards improved quality of governance have to be reflected in States and Districts as the aim is to provide governance which is corruption free and transparent.
Dr Jitendra Singh also shared with the Karnataka chief Minister some of the recent developments in the Space sector which has its headquarters at Bangalore. He also spoke about the progress on India's first Human Space mission "Gaganyaan".
Shri Bommai also presented to Dr Jitendra Singh a booklet highlighting the achievements in the last six months and future impact.
Shri Bommai has completed six months as Chief Minister and during the short span of time, his government has initiated a number of programmes and schemes for the benefit of farmers, students, urban dwellers, unorganised workers, elderly, widows and physically disabled.
Shri Bommai is in the capital on a two-day tour, during which he will be meeting many Central Ministers including the Finance Minister to discuss issues related to central projects and the state budget to be presented next month.
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Ministry of Defence
Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane visits headquarters Southern Command, Pune
Pune, 8 January 2021
The Chief of Army Staff, General MM Naravane today visited the Headquarters of Pune based Southern Command. General MM Naravane was received and updated on various operational and training related issues by Lieutenant General CP Mohanty, Army Commander, Southern Command. The Chief was also given an update on the contributions of troops of Southern Command in various Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in peninsular India this year, particularly towards assistance provided to civil administration for COVID-19 and floods. General MM Naravane complimented Southern Command for maintaining a high state of combat readiness and training inspite of current COVID-19 pandemic. He also appreciated the various initiatives and welfare projects undertaken to improve quality of life of troops and their families. He reiterated the Army’s commitment in the national effort to overcome the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic.
General MM Naravane inaugurated the new Command Hospital at Pune military station. This is a multi-speciality tertiary Hospital, focused to provide medical support to troops deployed in operational areas and veterans of the Armed Forces.PIB Pune-M.Iyengar/D.Rane
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Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President urges medical fraternity to create awareness;
Asks people to shun junk food and sedentary life style;
Private sector should supplement efforts of governments in providing healthcare;
Inaugurates Free Medical Camp at Swarna Bharat Trust
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has urged the medical fraternity to create awareness among the people, particularly the youth, on the dangers posed by changing lifestyles.
Shri Naidu, after inaugurating a free Medical Camp at Swarna Bharat Trust, in Hyderabad today, expressed his concern over the rising trend of non-communicable diseases and urged people to avoid sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy dietary habits.
The Vice President asked youth to shun junk food and pointed out that traditional Indian food was time-tested, seasonal and suitable to Indian climatic conditions.
Stressing the need for building a healthy nation, the Vice President said that the spread of non-communicable diseases, unequal access to healthcare and rising costs were the major challenges in the healthcare sector. Calling for concerted efforts to remedy the situation, he said all stakeholders, including NGOs, government agencies, hospitals and doctors should join hands right from the community level in this regard.
The Vice President also wanted the urban-rural gap in providing modern healthcare facilities to be bridged and urged the private sector to supplement the efforts of the governments in catering to the rural population. Pointing out that hospitals in rural areas were facing shortage in terms of infrastructure and human resource, he suggested a mandatory rural service for young doctors after passing out of the college.
The Chairman of Swarna Bharat Trust, Dr. Kamineni Srinivas, the Executive Director of Punjab National Bank, Shri Linganeni Prabhakar, the Chairman of Care Hospital, Dr. B. Somaraju, the Treasurer, Trust Board, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, Shri J.S.R. Prasad and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Review of Farmers Issues
Committee formed to promote Natural Farming, to change crop pattern and to make MSP more effective and transparent
The Government has formed a Committee to promote Natural Farming, to change crop pattern keeping in mind the changing needs of the country and to make MSP more effective and transparent. The Committee consists of representatives of farmers, Central Government, State Governments, Agricultural Economists & Scientists, etc.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
8th round of talks between Government and Farmers Unions held in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Next round of dialogue to be held on 15th January 2021
Union Minister for Agriculture Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Railways, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri Som Prakash participated in the 8th round of talks with the representatives of 41 Farmers’ Unions at VigyanBhawan, New Delhi today. Once again they appealed to the Farmers’ Unions for point-wise discussion of suggested amendments to the Farm Laws.
Shri Tomar said that the Farm Laws have been made keeping in mind the benefits of farmers throughout the country. The government is concerned about farmers and wants the agitation to end but due to no solutions forthcoming issues could not be resolved.
The Agriculture Minister said that the Farmers’ Unions have kept the agitation disciplined, this is praiseworthy. He said that the government is willing to continue discussions with an open mind, if the talks proceed on, the possible solutions can be found in a logical way.
The Farmers’ Unions have asked for a repeal of the laws, the government again suggested amendments. In spite of lengthy discussions no solution emerged, therefore it was decided that the next round of talks will take place on 15th January 2021.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
New Highways and New Routes to create New India - Shri Gadkari
Government wants to give highest priority to infrastructure.To realise New India dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi National Highways Authority of India  is constructing new Highways and new routes, said Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping while starting second bundle of Toll-Operate-Transfer Model for investment in Highway building. Under this, the asset recycling of operational national highways is done. First bundle of above model attracted investment of 1.5 billion, which was 1.5 times of NHAI estimate. Shri Gadkari expected that second bundle will have even higher response.
TOT will give assured returns to investors without risks associated with traditional highway building projects.State Bank of India, has given loan of 3.6 billion dollars to NHAI.
Road construction which was at pace of 2 kms.per day when NDA government took charge has reached 28 kms. per day today and government has target of taking it to 45 kms. per day in future, Shri Gadkari said.
Vehicle manufacturing and port sector are seeing good growth and it will see higher growth further, Minister said. However the road operator needs to be aware about road maintenance and safety. With 5 lakh accidents and 1.5 accidental deaths the road safety is a big concern for India. Government will provide all support to private players for dealing with centre and state governments, Shri Gadkari said.
Election Commission
Biennial Election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly 
The term of 12 members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elected by the members of Legislative Assembly  is expiring on 30.01.2021. Details are given as under: -
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S. No
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Name of Member
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Date of Retirement
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1.
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Dr. Dinesh Sharma
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30.01.2021
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2.
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Ahmad Hasan
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3.
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Ashu Malik
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4.
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Dharm Veer Singh Ashok
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5.
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Nasimuddin Siddiqui

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6.
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Pradeep Kumar Jatav
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7.
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Ramesh Yadav
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8.
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Ramjatan
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9.
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Laxman Prasad Acharya
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10.
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Virendra Singh
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11.
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Swatantra Dev
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12.
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Sahab Singh Saini
2. The Commission has decided to conduct above mentioned biennial election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by members of Legislative Assembly in accordance with the following programme:-
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S. No.
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Events
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Dates
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Issue of Notification
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11th January, 2021 
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Last Date of making nominations
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18th January, 2021 
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Scrutiny of nominations
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19th January, 2021 
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
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21st January, 2021 
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Date of Poll
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28th January, 2021 
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Hours of Poll
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09:00 am to 04:00 pm
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Counting of Votes
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28th January, 2021  at 05:00 pm
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Date before which election shall be completed
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29th January, 2021 
3. Broad Guidelines to be followed during entire election process for all persons: -
I. Every person shall wear face mask during every election related activity
II. At the entry of hall/ room/ premises used for election purposes:
 Thermal Scanning of all persons shall be carried out
 Sanitizer shall be made available at all locations
III. Social distancing shall be maintained as per the extant COVID-19 guidelines of the State Govt. and Ministry of Home Affairs.
4. The Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh is being directed to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the election.
Special Service and Features
RPO to organise Special Police Clearance Certificate Mela
Regional Passport Office, Thiruvananthapuram under Ministry of External Affairs will organise a a Special Police Clearance Certificate  mela on 5th November  at Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram and at Kollam. All applicants who require PCC can attend the mela following usual appointment booking procedure. Those who have already taken appointments can reschedule to 5th November via the website www.passportindia.gov.in. The aim of special mela is to cater to the huge demand of PCCs to pursue opportunities abroad for education, employment, emigration etc. For more details, please contact 18002581800 or 0471–2470225. Email: rpo.trivandrum@mea.gov.in.
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Ministry of Railways
Digital Data of Land
Railway has developed Land Management Module under Track Management System  Portal having centralized database for land records of Railways i.e. area details, usage details and authenticated land plan. About 95% of total land plans have been uploaded on TMS portal and digitization of land record in Land Management module is a continuous process as railways continues to acquire land for its various projects. Also, Railway has planned to make its entire asset including land & buildings including encroachment details available on IR-Geo Portal.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
90.51 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
22,842 new cases in the last 24 hours
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.80%; Lowest since March 2020
India's Active caseload stands at 2,70,557; lowest in 199 days
Recovery Rate currently at 97.87%; Highest since March 2020
25,930 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,30,94,529
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 100 days
Daily positivity rate  less than 3% for last 34 days
57.32 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Ministry of Electronics & IT
UIDAI enrolls over 79 lakh children under Bal Aadhaar initiative in last four months
The Unique Identification Authority has enrolled more than 79 lakh children in the 0 - 5 age group during the first four months  of the current financial year.
This is part of a renewed effort to reach out to more children in the 0-5 age group under the Bal Aadhaar initiative and help parents and children avail multiple benefits. While 2.64 crore children in the 0-5 age group had Bal Aadhaar by the end of 31 March 2022, this number has increased to 3.43 crore by the end of July 2022.
Bal Aadhaar registration is progressing very well, with increased speed across the country. Enrolments of children in the 0-5 age group in states like Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have already covered more than 70% of the targeted age group. Registration of children  has also done exceedingly well in several other states and UTs including Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep.
Over all, Aadhaar saturation at present is around 94%. Aadhaar saturation among adults is almost 100%. Aadhaar is now a catalyst of both, ease of living and ease of doing business.
UIDAI and its regional offices have been constantly encouraging residents to come forward and register their children under Bal Aadhaar initiative. Bal Aadhaar works as a facilitator in availing several welfare benefits, and also works as a digital photo identity for children right from birth.
Children in the age group of 0-5 years are issued Bal Aadhaar. Collection of biometric  is a key feature in issuing Aadhaar as the same is required to establish uniqueness based on de-duplication of these biometrics. However, for Aadhaar enrolment of children in the age group of 0-5 years, these biometrics are not collected.
Aadhaar enrolment of children in the age group of 0-5 years are carried out based on facial image of the child, and biometric authentication of the parent/guardian . A proof of relationship document  is collected at the time of enrolment for Bal Aadhaar.
To differentiate the Bal Aadhaar from normal Aadhaar, it is issued in blue colour, with a remark that this is valid till the child attains the age of 5 years. On attaining the age of 5, the child is required to furnish his or her biometrics at an Aadhaar Seva Kendra to complete a process called mandatory biometric update .
The MBU process goes through a de-duplication process. After completion of this process, the child is issued a normal Aadhaar without any change in the Aadhaar number.
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